July 8, 2022
Greetings! Welcome to our regular feature where we write a little bit about some of the games we’ve found ourselves playing over the past few days. This time: Sonic, Egypt, and a proper classic.
If you want to check out some of the older versions of What We’ve Been Playing, here’s our collection.
Sonic Origins, PS5
Sonic Origins – A review of digital foundry technology.
Sonic was my first love. The Master System game was my introduction to gaming and I became obsessed. Sonic wearing clothes. Writing Sonic Stories. Doodling Sonic Everywhere – I can still do it by heart. And collecting multiple versions of Sonic the Comic is probably what got me here at Eurogamer eventually.
It’s Ed!
So when I saw that Sonic Origins was on the way, I knew I had to play it — not least because, despite owning these Sonic games as a kid, I never actually finished them. I was consumed by those checkerboard fantasy lands and azure skies, but not once did I watch the end credits—even when I left my console overnight for want of a save file.
Well, I’m proud to say that I have now finally completed Sonic the Hedgehog (1) almost 25 years after I first played it. But nostalgia is a powerful thing and it can go both ways. As the iconic Green Hill Zone music stirred, I was immediately taken back and the muscle memory carried me through those loops and dips. But the first game in the series really lacks improvement. It’s a game that ironically punishes you for going too fast: Sonic moves slowly, a lot of the levels rely on precise platforming, and the placement of spikes and enemies is just punishing.
I love the new animations in this compilation. I love to see all the artifacts in the museum. And I can’t wait to play the rest of the games in the collection. But I can’t help but play these games with a critical eye. It’s a clear reminder that I’m not that kid anymore.
Ed Nightingale
Assassin’s Creed Origins, Xbox
Seven ways Assassin’s Creed Origins saved the series.
Last week, I was full of greed and feeling very sorry for myself. However, one of the small victories of being sick is to drop my bot on the couch and engage myself in a game or two while still feeling feverish and chills. So, I actually embraced the paracetamol-sponsored chaos that disrupted my average week and settled with Assassin’s Creed Origins.
I have to say, when you’re feeling cold and uncomfortable, it’s nice to immerse yourself in a world full of palms waving in the warm air and attractive people ridiculously athletic (yes, I was able to skip the tutorial section of the game as soon as I made a pyramid).
Of course, Kroc and Hippopotamus attacks I could do without, especially since I didn’t know about them the first time I got into the game’s watery depths. But never mind… after all, it turns out that Bayek is still a nifty fighter, even though the laws of physics would traditionally work against us as average humans.
However, superhuman strength and off-the-charts parkour skills can only do so much for the leading man of Origins (at least when I’m in control), as he still takes fall damage. It’s something that, ever since the release of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, I’ve struggled with. Now I have this hard work in me that if I can climb uphill, I should also be able to glide glide in the style of Link.
Assassin’s Creed Origins, and Bayek doesn’t have it, I’m Sorry you repeatedly fight hordes of angry soldiers (and wildlife), then throw you off a cliff or the side of a building and you die. It happens! I will try to do the best for both of us as we continue this journey through Egypt together.
Also, yes, when I first met Cleopatra, I was like “Coming at yo!” started singing. repeatedly in my head. I definitely can’t be alone in this… can I?
Victoria Kennedy
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Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes, Xbox
The launch trailer for Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes released in 2011 for XBLA and PSN.
When I think of the birth of my son, a few memories come to mind: My wife hopping on a birthing ball, how quickly it all happened, holding him in her arms, and the clip-clopping of the bone. – Skull skeletons in Clash of Heroes.
It’s funny how some games like smells that transport you to a different time and place. Clash of Heroes does this to me, and it did to me this week when I downloaded it to my Xbox Series S after browsing Game Pass to find something new to play. Capybara’s strategy puzzle masterpiece sends me back to the maternity ward of Royal Sussex in Brighton. I see the shoreline from level 13, I hear the reassuring beep of the baby heart monitor, and I remember you actually having to activate your knight on turn one if you wanted to advance in the game. need to.
To pass the time, my wife and I played Clash of Heroes on the iPad. It was pretty competitive: my wife would always pick Enwen and her ridiculously powerful deer, who would leap over my defensive walls to ruin my best plans. They would always kill my elite class before their sharp-edged archers had a chance to go. All the while his Emerald Dragon, which he somehow managed to activate twice at the latest, would loom large on the battlefield, like doom to come, smiling at something. My wife was not one for chains, but she was one for fusion, and it was her fusion that would knock me down. I’d pick Godric most of the time, and try to frustrate my wife with lines of defensive walls. Funky play, really, but I didn’t care. Winning was all that mattered, even in the labor ward. Oh, and birth.
We were in the middle of a Clash of Heroes game, in fact, when things started thoroughly Happening. We put the iPad down to focus on what really matters. It was over so quickly, I remember. I cried I held my son for the first time. He wrapped his little hand around my little finger. I held my superstar wife. “Well done, dear,” I said. “Now, whose turn is it?”
wesley yin-poole
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